ALS. All he wants for his birthday is that people should do acts of kindness and other mitzvos. Sign up to do a mitzvah for Yitzi! ( https://mitzvahforyitzi.com/MitzvahForYitzi/32871 ) Meat of the Pascal Lamb that became disqualified, like other consecrated …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 6, 7 Shema and the four elements of all things. Mitzvos for Yitzi! ( https://mitzvahforyitzi.com/MitzvahForYitzi/32871 ) Tumah of the deep, when do we invoke this exception to the laws of ritual impurity?

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 5, 6 When reciting Shema, we add, “Blessed is the Name of His Glorious Kingdom forever and ever.” Where do these words come from and when else do we recite them? When the community is …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 5 Why do we cover our eyes with our hand when saying Shema? What does “an eye for an eye” actually mean? if it doesn’t mean literally “an eye for eye,” why is it worded …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 4 What does it mean to love God? What does it mean to witness God’s Oneness? How do we “listen” to God’s command? What happens if the meat of the Pesach offering becomes ritually impure …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 3 What does it mean that the Children of Israel at Mt. Sinai “saw thunder”? Normally, we readily believe what we see and choose to believe (or not) what we hear. At Sinai, this condition …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 2 What happens when the Paschal lamb comes into contact with the side of a hot oven? Or a prohibited food, either because it is consecrated or non-kosher? A general principal of food-intermingling that can …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 The Passover lamb must be roasted over fire. Can it be cooked on a grill? What are the requirements of such a grill? What about coals? Do wood coals differ from metal coals in …

  Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 The Passover lamb must be roasted, not cooked or boiled. What does that mean exactly? Why do the sages specify that be roasted on a wooden spit rather than a metal spit?